Re: [oS-EN] What is the status of VirtualBox on Leap 16.0?

Am Mittwoch, 24. Juni 2026, 11:58:20 Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit schrieb Carlos E. R.:
> Hi,
> 
> What is the status of VirtualBox on Leap 16.0?
> 
> I have been told that on first run, an error message asks for make, gcc, and kernel-devel headers. Is this normal? Some people are angry about this.
> 
> Should we install the version from oss, or from virtualization repo?
> 
> opi:
> 
> You have selected package name: virtualbox
>   1. repo-oss (16.0) +                         | 7.2.6                     | x86_64
>   2. openSUSE:Leap:16.0 -                      | 7.2.6                     | x86_64
>   3. Kernel:stable:Backport:KMP ?              | 7.2.10                    | x86_64
>   4. Virtualization ?                          | 7.2.10                    | x86_64
> 
> 
> Strange that (3), it wasn't there last week.
> 
> 

Virtualbox is working without problems:
LANG=C zypper se -si virtualbox
Loading repository data...
Reading installed packages...

S  | Name                   | Type    | Version                           | Arch   | Repository
---+------------------------+---------+-----------------------------------+--------+-----------
i+ | virtualbox             | package | 7.2.6-lp160.1.1                   | x86_64 | OSS
i+ | virtualbox-kmp-default | package | 7.2.6_k6.12.0_160000.28-lp160.1.1 | x86_64 | OSS
i+ | virtualbox-qt          | package | 7.2.6-lp160.1.1                   | x86_64 | OSS

kernel:stable:backports is broken, so no virtualbox when using kernel:stable:backports for kernel.

But a tip:
do not use opi, use zypper to install it from OSS Repo if you use the kernel from OSS Repo.

Stephan